United States Studies: 1865 to the Present

By BBuckner

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment
    United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate

  • Abraham Lincoln Assasination

    Abraham Lincoln Assasination
    John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C

  • Reconstruction Era

    Reconstruction Era

  • Freedom Bureau

    The U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, popularly known as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War

  • Fourteeth Admendment

    Fourteeth Admendment
    The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.